About Wise fool New Mexico

It is Wise Fool New Mexico's mission to ignite imagination, build community, and promote social justice through performances and hands on experiences in the arts of circus, puppetry, and theatre.

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Puppet Tales performance series for family audiences begins this weekend!!

Registration now open on this website for BUST Summer Circus Workshop:
Registration is now open on this website for Kids Summer Circus Camps. Camps fill up fast so register today!

Save the Date! Saturday, May 1, 2010: May Day Community Art Action.

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  • Wise Fool Pulls Some Strings - SFReeper.com
    Everyone loves puppets. They may not breathe, move on their own—or even be alive, for that matter—but they can make both children and adults alike smile as they dance on strings. Wise Fool New Mexico, known for its whimsical performances, is having a four-weekend in March dedicated to these strange creations.
  • Living the Life Luminous - published in Pasatiempo
    When it comes to Circus Luminous — now celebrating its seventh year of eclectic performances at the Lensic Performing Arts Center — keep in mind that plot is rarely more than a laundry line on which to hang a series of circus-art antics. Clowns, jugglers, aerialists, acrobats, animal impersonators, contortionists, musicians, puppets, stilt-walkers, and people who swing from the curtains all pass through the dream lives of the protagonists on the Luminous frontier.
  • Wise Fool Holds Its First Ever Stilt-a-Thon Fundraiser - published in Journal North
    It was like an old-time picnic where everyone just happened to know how to walk on stilts. Under the shade of a dozen or so elm trees at Alto/Bicentennial Park, behind Bicentennial Pool, Wise Fool held its first ever Stilt-A-Thon Saturday afternoon. There were 21 pairs of stilts, for youngsters to oldsters, not to mention a croquet set, hula hoops, face painting and fresh peaches for the taking. "It's not that hard but ... it gets kind of sore where they strap them on your legs," said Lucy Kamp, 9, of the stilts. Kamp is a veteran of Wise Fool programs, having taken "four after schools and one summer camp," she said. "We call it 'stilting,' " said attorney Julia Jarvis, who became involved in supporting Wise Fool several years ago when she attended the annual women's camp.